Chapter 24 The Chicken Thief's Sister
When the ear room was built, due to lack of money, the materials used for the house were of much worse quality. The adobe bricks used were all thin, and the sound insulation effect was very poor.
Gu Tang and the others were talking here, and Gu Laian in the ear room over there could hear it clearly.
What Gu Laian feared the most was his father Gu Lianshan. Every time when he was scolded, his father would beat him or scold him without any ambiguity.
When he heard Gu Tang exposing the theft, he was immediately frightened and turned pale. He sat up from the bed in panic and went down barefoot to bolt the door.
Gu Laian thought that as long as he bolted the door, his father wouldn't be able to come in and would have no way to beat him.
He would hold out for one night, get up before dawn the next day, and then sneak to his grandparents' house to stay there for three to five days.
The idea is good, but Gu Laian forgot one thing.
His father Gu Lianshan could tolerate anything, except his own son stealing!
Every time Gu Laian got beaten, it was mostly because of greed and stealing!
Gu Lianshan, furious, pushed the door roughly, but failed and found that it was bolted.
This made him even angrier. His remaining rationality instantly disappeared and he kicked him.
There was a loud bang, and the bolt behind the door broke and fell off, and the door was kicked open.
The door and latch of the ear room were made of thin boards and were not strong at all. With this kick, not only did the latch break, but even the door was cracked.
Gu Laian was so frightened that he screamed and collapsed to the ground.
Seeing his father coming in with a ferocious look, he trembled all over, climbed up using his hands and feet, knelt down, and kowtowed to his father begging for mercy.
"Dad! Dad! I was wrong! I know I was wrong... Please forgive me this time, but never again! Dad! Please..."
Gu Laian was crying with snot and tears all over his face, his hair was a mess, and the clothes he was wearing were newly made this year, and the material was obtained by force from Gu Tang a few years ago.
Seeing his son's spineless and cowardly appearance, Gu Lianshan was so angry that he felt dizzy and had tinnitus, and he couldn't utter a word.
This is his eldest son. His mother died of illness when he was young, and he raised him personally. He played the role of both father and mother to him. He even quarreled with his parents for this evil boy and went to great lengths to fight for a chance for him to go to school!
As a result, this evil man was so stupid and credulous that he was deceived by his grandparents and became alienated from his family. He couldn't study hard and spent his days wandering around everywhere, developing the bad habit of stealing!
Eventually, my family found out and I was forced to stop studying.
"Forgiven you? When did I not forgive you?! But you steal again and again! I should have kicked you out of the house and sent you to jail the first time!"
Gu Lianshan cursed as he picked up the broken door bolt on the ground, held it in his hand and swung it at his son.
"ah!!!"
A pig-slaughtering scream suddenly came from the ear room, and Gu Mei, who was standing in the corridor outside, burst into tears instantly.
She turned her head and glared at Gu Tang angrily: "Now you are so proud!"
Gu Tang had a puzzled look on his face: "Why should I be so proud? What's the point of having such a sneaky brother even if he gets beaten every day?
People outside would point at me and say, "Look! That's the chicken thief's sister!" Tell me, what should I be proud of? The reputation of our family has been ruined by him, and you still have the nerve to ask me like this?"
Gu Mei's face turned pale and her mind suddenly became clear.
Gu Tang and they are not born of the same mother, and people outside say this about them, so what about her?
Do those people outside also say that she is the sister of the chicken thief?
Gu Tang glanced at her and saw that she was thinking about himself, so he stabbed her in the chest again.
"You are already fifteen, and you haven't even found a marriage yet. You always blame your father for his bad reputation. In my opinion, it is definitely your elder brother who is holding you back!"
"They are marrying a wife, not a thief's sister. They are afraid that after so much trouble, they may find that she is also a thief."
"If we marry a thief, it will bring shame to our ancestors and she won't be able to enter our ancestral tomb after death!"
In feudal ancient times, being in prison was not as severe as being unable to marry, bringing shame to one's ancestors, or being unable to be buried in the family tomb after death.
Gu Tang knew this very well, and the words he said were sharper than a knife. They made Gu Mei's tears flow like beads that had broken off the string. She couldn't wipe them away, and her cuffs were wet.
Gu Tang looked at her coldly, not trying to hide the fact that he was laughing at her.
Gu Mei finally couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears. She covered her mouth and went back to her room crying.
Tsk tsk!
Gu Tang sighed and shook her head. With such little attack power, he dared to jump in front of her?
You're really asking for trouble!
The screams from the ear room continued, mixed with Gu Lianshan's shouting and cursing, causing Gu Ping'an to look over there frequently.
"What are you looking at? Have you never seen anyone being beaten?" Gu Tang gently pushed him to the kitchen, "Boil some hot water. I'm going to the main room to ask for our family's food."
People in Bei'an City eat two meals a day, the first meal at 9:00 a.m. and the second meal at 3:00 p.m.
Because they are sewing fur coats today, the second house hasn't started cooking for the 3 p.m. meal yet.
The people in the main room and the living room had already eaten.
Maybe it was intentional to anger the second wife, so the two sides ate together at the afternoon meal.
It was being cooked in the main room. Gu Tang could smell the fragrance of rice and a hint of fishy meat.
From this we can conclude that they ate rice and meat today!
Gu Tang drooled at that moment.
She wasted time today and it was too late to check the condoms on the mountain. She could only endure it a little longer. Tomorrow morning she would put on her fur coat and go into the mountain to check the condoms!
She can’t eat the meat, but she must eat the rice today!
This family hasn't been divided yet, why should the second room have to eat porridge every day? !
The more Gu Tang thought about it, the more unhappy she became. She didn't try to hide it, and it showed on her face.
When knocking on the main room's door, he unconsciously used a bit more force, causing the door to bang loudly.
The two doors were shaking violently, as if they would fall apart at any time.
In the main room, Mrs. Feng was feeding Mr. Gu.
Ever since the disease was diagnosed, Mr. Gu became mentally devastated.
The disease that was not originally fatal now seemed like it could cause death at any time.
He couldn't get out of bed or eat by himself, and said he felt weak and limp all over.
Feng was immediately frightened and served him attentively all the time, even down to changing his pee and poop!
Hearing the noisy knock on the door, Feng was immediately furious. Just as she was about to explode, she heard Gu Tang's "miserable" cry outside.
"Grandma! Open the door! I'm here to ask for food! You can't just care about yourself and your uncle's family getting enough to eat and drink, and deliberately leave our second family hungry..."
Feng tried her best to do this, but finally she put the bowl down, stood up, and walked out with a gloomy face.
"Give her food." Old Man Gu, who was lying on the bed, suddenly said this.
(End of this chapter)
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